House Hunting 2012 Continues at Record Pace
Latest: Record start to House Hunting
We are now six weeks in to house hunting (Saturday 14th January 2012 to 20th February 2012):
Cumulative searches since the start of house hunting are still showing a record breaking increase of 25% on 2011 with over 125,000 searches conducted.
- In the first week of house hunting Google recorded visitors spending an average of 11 minutes 50 seconds on the site and viewing 12.77 pages.
- 12,050 bed spaces were available as the site went live at 12.01am on Saturday 14 January, 24% up on 2011
- Students undertook 14,800 searches on the start date (Saturday 14 January 2012), 47% up on 2011
- Larger properties were most popular early on, with smaller properties now showing greater activity
- Headingley has seen a resurgence in popularity, particularly larger houses
| Date | Searches |
| Monday 13th February | 1403 |
| Tuesday 14th February | 1298 |
| Wednesday 15th February | 1093 |
| Thursday 16th February | 1294 |
| Friday 17th February | 1230 |
| Saturday 18th February | 871 |
| Sunday 19th February | 896 |
The current search figures by each day can be viewed at the bottom of the "Property Search" page in small type right at the end of the page and these are updated every hour or so.
A wide range of properties are available from 1 bed to 15 bed properties and rooms in Large Developments.
Ready, Steady Go!
You can choose from over 13,000 bed spaces on the Unipol website, including 100 or so houses from the Unipol portfolio. Look who is sitting pretty now!
So Unipol is the place to start, why?
Recommended by your university and students’ union, it offers the largest choice of accredited properties in Leeds, displayed all on one website for you to compare. What could be easier? And what’s more all our services are FREE.
So how do I start?
Start by deciding:
- who you want to live with
- what type of property you’re after
- your preferred area.
Now it’s time to do your property search
TOP TIP: To get the most out of our website you could take a couple of minutes off before you get started and watch our video (available in the house hunting section). Harriet will talk you through how to use us, offering advice along the way.
So what do we have available?
- We advertise our own properties alongside many private landlords and agents, the vast majority of which are members of the Unipol Code. Check if your potential landlord or agent is accredited
- The Unipol website will display properties from 1 bed up to 15 beds and there are more than enough to go around!
- We also display over 1,500 rooms available in accredited large developments around the city.
- We have rooms if you are looking on your own as well as for full and part groups
So, good luck, have fun and remember to get your contract checked.
We are confident that by using Unipol you WILL get a better house in the area you want at the right price.





